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A 27-year-old woman presented with complaints of difficulty swallowing and fullness in the neck. Barium swallow revealed a diverticulum of the lateral wall of the upper esophagus.
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A diverticulum that occurs below the cricopharyngeus (inferior pharyngeal constrictor) has the eponym Killian-Jamieson (* see References). It is most commonly on the lateral wall of the esophagus and is a true, pulsion diverticulum The area of the esophageal wall below the cricopharyngeus is termed Killian's space and is close to the point where the recurrent laryngeal nerve penetrates the pharyngeal musculature. This is distinguished from Killian's raphe/dehiscence between the middle and inferior pharyngeal constrictors where a Zenker's diverticulum occurs (see Zenker's Diverticulum.)
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The patient was taken to the operating room for resection of the diverticulum. A small incision was made along the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid and carried down through platysma.
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